RACING DRIVER

Alberto Ascari

1918 - 1955

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Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver and a two-time Formula One World Champion. Noted for careful precision and finely-judged accuracy, Ascari was a multitalented racer who competed in motorcycle racing before switching to cars. He won consecutive Formula One world titles in 1952 and 1953 for Scuderia Ferrari, being the team's first World Champion, and the last Italian to win the title as of 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Ascari has received more than 815,326 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Alberto Ascari is the 9th most popular racing driver (up from 12th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Italy (down from 513th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Alberto Ascari was an Italian motor racing driver and twice Formula One world champion. He was a racing driver for the Lancia and Ferrari teams, as well as a works Maserati driver. He was killed in an accident while testing a Ferrari at Monza in 1955.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

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  • 68.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alberto Ascaris by language

Over the past year Alberto Ascari has had the most page views in the with 141,061 views, followed by Italian (66,204), and Spanish (26,336). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (213.68%), Korean (137.01%), and Breton (104.35%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Alberto Ascari ranks 9 out of 1,080. Before him are Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Alain Prost, and Ken Miles. After him are Emerson Fittipaldi, Giuseppe Farina, Nelson Piquet, Carroll Shelby, Jackie Stewart, and Jochen Rindt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alberto Ascari ranks 16. Before him are Louis Althusser, Robert Wadlow, Rita Hayworth, Helmut Schmidt, Ken Miles, and Gertrude B. Elion. After him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Frederick Sanger, Chaim Herzog, Katherine Johnson, William Holden, and Martin Ryle. Among people deceased in 1955, Alberto Ascari ranks 10. Before him are James Dean, Dale Carnegie, Sadako Sasaki, António Egas Moniz, José Ortega y Gasset, and Fernand Léger. After him are Rodolfo Graziani, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Arthur Honegger, Maurice Utrillo, Helmuth Weidling, and Charlie Parker.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alberto Ascari ranks 521 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Stephen IV (770), Lucius Caesar (-17), Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Trebonianus Gallus (206), and Alcide De Gasperi (1881). After him are Pope Stephen III (720), Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Longinus (100), Pope-elect Stephen (700), and Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Alberto Ascari ranks 2. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898). After him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Valentino Rossi (1979), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Lella Lombardi (1941), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Michele Alboreto (1956), and Lucien Bianchi (1934).

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